Fed up Local 26 janitors and allies disrupted a meeting of the state’s top bankers on Tuesday as they met at St. Paul City Center before lobbying legislators at the State Capitol later in the day. Protestors tried to enter the bankers’ meeting to demand bank executives do the right thing, help people keep their homes, and support good-paying green jobs.

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This is a video with clips from interviews conducted on the streets of Downtown Columbus, Ohio on April 9th 2009 by Robb and Mary. They asked people what they thought about the economic crisis and how it was affecting them and what they thought of the solutions being enacted by the government thus far. Read more to watch it.

This is a series of clips from interviews conducted on the street by Mary and Robb of people walking through and around Downtown Columbus on April 9th 2009.

http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/20/enemies-of-unions

Analysis: Adam Turl

The enemies of unions and the lies they tell

Adam Turl looks at the employers' dirty campaign to block legislation that would make it easier to join a union.

February 20, 2009